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About Bicharpur Village

Bicharpur is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 174 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,213 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bicharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bicharpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491558
Area (hectares) 222.24 hectares
Population 385
Male Population 174
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,213
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bicharpur compares

By the 2011 count Bicharpur is the 180th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 222.24 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Bicharpur

Bicharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bicharpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bicharpur from other places

Bicharpur lies about 61 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bortalao, about 32 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Bicharpur
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 18 km
Nearest railway station Bortalao 32 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 39 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 61 km

Villages closest to Bicharpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhuriya tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Bicharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bicharpur village had a population of 385. That makes it the 180th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Bicharpur village has 174 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bicharpur has about 1213 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Bicharpur is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bicharpur covers 222.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bicharpur falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bicharpur is Bortalao, about 32 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bicharpur.

Bicharpur is about 61 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bicharpur is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 18 km away. Bortalao is about 32 km away. Dongargarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maladongri (1.9 km), Kidkadi (3.0 km) and Pandrapani (3.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bicharpur today is likely to be higher.

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